Birthday Prep/ Hospital

It has been a rough month. To start off, we've been crazy busy trying to get everything ready for the birthday party! The invitations are supposed to come in today and I am beyond excited! But on a sadder note, Payton got put in the hospital three weeks ago with pneumonia. We stayed three days then they discharged us saying he was "all better." I knew that wasn't true just by looking at him but what do I know, I'm just the mom right? Well two weeks went by and his temp started getting higher. On Tuesday the daycare called me saying that we needed to come get him he had a temp of 103.5 and was throwing up all his food. I immediately went and got him and brought him into the ER. We were there for EIGHT hours for them to discharge us saying they didn't know why his fever was so high and to just keep giving Tylenol. His fever never broke all night no matter how much Tylenol he had, so the next morning I called his Pedi and brought him in and She said he has pneumonia again and we needed to go straight to the hospital. After getting here they found he actually has bacteria in his blood and thats why his fever wasn't breaking. We've been here a few days now and waiting on the doctor to come in and give us news. We're praying we can go home today but only if he is well enough. Let me tell ya it is HARD keeping an 11 mo old boy still 24 hrs a day.. I just hope he feels better by his big day!

This is last time we were in. You can tell how pale he is!

We actually have been having some cooler weather and Payton loves to go outside in the morning and play with the kitties!

Here is a sneak peak of some of the birthday photos we did. Chad did a great job! Payton, not so much. haha. He hated the cake so much!

Well my next post will probably be the birthday post! Beware it's going to be brutally long! haha

Zoo and such!

Well August 24 has finally made it here and things have been crazy these past few weeks!!! I finished my last day at Market Basket on Saturday (because school starts back in the morning). So while I was at work Chad had a Daddy/Payton day and they seemed to have a blast! He took Payton to Great Grandma and Great-Grandpa Sims house to play then they went to the park.

 Grandma found these "clappers" she had gotten from the bank and Payton just loves them.

The swing is his favorite.

Having fun with his Daddy(:

He is just getting so big(: He is now an official boy and loves to play with trucks!

So after doing some research online I found that you can get into the Houston Zoo for free if you are receiving Foodstamps!! We were so excited, it's about 14 dollars a person to get in so we took advantage of this deal right away! We decided to take Payton this morning because classes start in the morning and we know time will be pressed from here to December. This was our first "family vacation" for just the three of us and it was so much fun. Payton was actually interested in all the animals and mostly just wanted to get down and play with them. I couldn't believe he never fell asleep or anything, he is just getting so big:(

Chad took AT LEAST 20 pictures of each animal lol so I won't bore you with those just a few good ones!

Headed to the Zoo!

His zippy became his best friend today, it was zoo hot (and yes I'm in capris IDK what I was thinking lol) It was easily 100 degrees..

Payton loved this little deer...

...He just watched it walk back and forth lol

These chimps were so smart. They would come up to the window and people would pull out their camera and the chimps would smile for the camera. I stood Payton next to the window and when they would come by he would bang on it to get their attention and they would bang back. He got a kick outta that.

Second favorite: Elephants. He loves watching the Mommy and Baby one.

The only family photo we got and Payton's not looking:( Oh well it was great!

We had so much fun, and we didn't even cover the whole zoo. After 3 1/2 hours of sweat we were ready to go. On another note, Tomorrow starts the great fall semester 2012.. Its going to be a long hard semester. We are also keeping an eye on Hurricane Isaac out there. Its not looking so great, it keeps turning towards us and evacuating is NOT how I want to start the semester..

Daycare

Well Payton is now a little over ten months old. He started daycare this week since Chad and I will be in school all day everyday (pretty much) and we won't have a babysitter everyday. Luckily the daycare is working with us and he will only be going twice a week for half a day! Other big news this month.. Payton FINALLY started crawling!! I cried.. haha. but about two and a half weeks ago he took off. He is a little moister now, getting into everything. Im not going to lie I love it. People always say that you will realize when they get mobile thats not what you really wanted all along. Well I have to say thats not true in my case. I love how active he is we actually play together now. His new favorite game is tag(;

Here are some pictures of our little monster!

Chad being obsessed with his new camera features lol

This is my uncle Tommy, for some reason Payton is terrified of him. No one can figure out why. I feel bad for him lol, Payton just clinches on my dad and cries every time my uncle even talks.

Getting into EVERYTHING. 

First day of daycare!:(

Today we had one of the laziest days yet(: We sat in our jammies all day and played. Payton loves giving kisses. He couldn't give enough to Mr Bear.

But he still saved a few his mommy:)

I have started buying things for Paytons birthday party. It's going great. The problem is I lay there at night thinking of more and more DIY things to make. I think were going to go bankrupt(; lol. I'm just having so much fun. I'm warning you now his birthday post will be by far my longest post yet..

Payton's 9th Month

Not much has been happening around the Sims house. We just had Payton's 9 mo check up he is 24.15 lbs and 31in. Dr said everything is looking great other than maybe having surgery in a few mo to drop his other testical:( I will cry. But that's not until October. We are mostly just trying to get things ready for School to start and Payton's Birthday! We are so excited and probably going way to out there but oh well. You only turn 1 once right?

Here are some cute pics from the last month!

He sure does love his cheerios! Apparently Daddy gave him the whole bag while I was still sleeping. Don't worry he got way more on the floor than in his mouth! lol

My family had a BBQ a few Saturdays ago. It was soo hot out and Payton wasn't liking the outside much. So I sat him in his walker and poured water in the tray. He splashed and splashed forever.

That smile right there just makes my day! This was one day after we ran to walmart and the greeter gave him a "Wal-Mart tattoo" He loved it!

 Haha and this picture just made me laugh so hard. He is getting such a personality!

 No point in folding laundry anymore. It will never get finished.

Our First Family Vacation!

Yah! We finally made it out for our first family vacation! It was soo much fun and so beautiful. Chad's mom and dad have a lake house in Lakefield, MN. I have never seen anywhere so beautiful.  To make it even better we planned our trip to be there the same week as Ashleigh Justin and the kids. Payton loved playing with his cousins. He loved just watching them and trying to imitate what they were doing. He is much more independent when seeing other bigger kids around. I am so glad I got tons of pictures, I will try not to go overboard but we found a steal of a deal on a new canon camera at Mall of America and Chad went camera crazy. There is so many good ones I'll try to limit myself(:

Chad's favorite part of the trip was the fishing by far.  They went out fishing almost every day and caught at least 15 fish per day. (Now that's my kind of fishing!) I tried to fish here and there but I didn't have near the luck they did. Here is Dad when he caught a Carp fish. We loved making fun of the lips on this one!

Here is my macho husband throwing his line out(:

 Just a cute photo of my Lil Pumpkin!

Payton loved holding onto Ethan. Everytime Ethan would sit down next to him he would grab his arm. It was so cute Justin said that one night he asked Ethan what his favorite part of the day was and Ethan replied "Playing with Payton, he is my favorite cousin." (little does he know that's his only cousin, still cuter than ever)

 Payton also loved getting Daddy time in. This is prob

the most time they have had together since Payton was born. You can tell they had a blast!

On one of our outings we went over to Spirit Lake. We went to Wal-Mart to try and find a raft but being Forth of July week they were sold out. So Mom and Dad came up with us just getting a blow up mattress and setting sail. Low and Behold IT WORKED! 

Payton loved watching everyone on the beach.

Here was our attempt at our first full family photo (took about 10 tries lol)

And here is just us!

I love my Lil boy!

On Friday we went down and watched the Okoboji Parade.

It was SO hot, but the kids loved it. Poor Ellie fell asleep on

the way but we made sure she was up in time for the candy being thrown..

 Cute bath time..

Tell me this doesn't belong on a postcard! (oh and thats

Justin out there posing on the canoe haha)

aww..

Thanks to this nice guy letting us borrow his canoes we got some time out on the lake then on Saturday morning Justin, Ashleigh, Chad, and I went out on the river. We had so much fun. It was about a two hr trip. The water wasn't to deep which I liked until we came up to some "rapids" (rocks showing through the water) and we almost dumped the canoe! I screamed thinking we were about to loose our brand new camera lol

One of Payton (And Ellie's) favorite things to do was ride in the wagon.

Ellie would say "Ellie push, Payton sit" She is just to stinkin cute!

 It didn't take long for Chad to get Payton out on the tractor.

I couldn't get a pic of Payton smiling because he was to busy exploring.

Smores!! This was so fun. I haven't had Smores' since I was a

kid. Ellie just wanted the marshmallows. She didn't even care

about the chocolate! She even ate it off the stick like a acorn on the cob..

Paytons "smore" 

Ethans loving these as well!

We tried almost ten times to get this picture right and every time

it chopped our heads off. finally we gave up and told everyone it looked great haha.

This is so neat. They have a Bald Eagles nest in they're back yard. I

didn't think much of it until I found out how rare this was. They are

both beautiful and just kind of mean looking. Chad got some great pictures

of them out in the canoe!

Of course we couldn't leave this amazing scenery without

getting some cute photos of Chad and I. ( I wan't thrilled due to my

wardrobe but Chad didn't give me a say so. This is by far Chads favorite photo of us.

I think this ones cute.

After the weather cooled down we took Payton out for a ride.

He got a kick out of it. He loved splashing the paddle in the water!

On Sunday we went to a family reunion, It didn't take Little

Ellie long to find herself a wagon to pull Payton in!

Boy Chads hair got long!

We had cake and ice cream and Ellie decided to try and

eat all her ice cream at once.. with a fork.. lol

A few days while we were there Chad, Dad, and Justin worked

on finishing the basement. Chad thought he was so tough with power tools.

And this is the sweetest little baby ever. Little Mason is the newest member of the Smith family. He arrived to Ashleigh and Justin just 7 short weeks ago. He is just so precious. They are so blessed to have such a beautiful family!

Ethan's birthday was on Monday, so we threw him a small birthday

party. Ellie had a tough time giving Ethan a whole day in the spot light.. lol

Due to this house only being more so a vacation home Mom and Dad don't have cable. Every night after the kiddos went to bed we would all sit around and watch movies. Usually the movie started about 8:30/9ish this is me by no later than 10! haha Chad couldn't resist.

Chad, Payton, Jessica, Mom, and Dad

This is us headed out at the airport. Payton loved watching the planes land!

Poor little guy is teething so bad. He was chewing on the sides of his

book so him and daddy made a tug a war game out of it..

 Payton's new favorite food: Grandma B's gulosh!

Mommy's new favorite food: Godfather's Pizza! They have the best pizza geez! Grandpa was giving Payton ice, so Payton put his hand on him every time he wanted more.. it was so cute. He loves his grandpa.

Conked out!

Ethan loved putting his hat on Payton.

Payton also loved cooking with Ellie. She is a marvelous cook.

If you like Birthday cake or soup she's your go to girl! lol

We had so much fun and are hoping to go back every summer with the family. Unfortunately we are still recovering from the trip home, Payton's schedule got all messed up and he has been one CRANKY baby these past few days. I think its just exhaustion and teething put together. Poor Baby. On the plus side we start school back in a little over a month! I'm so excited to start my nursing classes! Chad and I will also get to take a few classes together which makes it easier! Anyways, thats about it now we are just sitting around enjoying the last of the summer. Hope you loved the pics, there is only more to come!